Rocks and Earth
What are the three kinds of rocks?
Sedimentary, Metamorphic, Igneous
Which watershed covers about half of Virginia's land?
Chesapeake Bay
What is the deepest part of the ocean?
Ocean Trench
Answers will vary.
What is the largest layer of the Earth?
The Mantle
Which two of the following are from Virginia?
a. deer b. palm tree c. pine tree d. polar bear
a. deer and c. pine tree
What is the most shallow part of the ocean?
Continental shelf
Which of the following is a renewable resource?
a. hydroelectric power b. petroleum c. coal d. natural gas
a. hydroelectric power
What is the kind of boundary where two plates are coming together?
Convergent boundary
What is a watershed?
What lies at the bottom of the continental slope?
Continental rise
"If students eat less candy, they will perform better on tests." What is the INDEPENDENT variable?
how much candy they eat
Name the Earth's layers in order.
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
Why would it be a bad idea for farmers to let their cows graze near a river?
Cows could leave their waste and pollute the river.
As you go deeper in the ocean, the temperature... (increases/decreases)
What are three fossil fuels?
Please explain how each of the 3 kinds of rock are formed.
Sedimentary- sediments get packed down
Igneous- melted and cooled lava
Metamorphic- heat and pressure
What is Virginia's most abundant land resource?
a. water b. forests c. wetlands d. agriculture
b. Forests
What is an underwater mountain called?
Mid-ocean ridge
Students watched a cartoon either alone or with others and then rated how funny they found the cartoon to be.
What is the independent variable?
watching cartoons alone or with someone.